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Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans
Bridges, along with three other Black students at a different school, were the first to integrate what had been all-white schools in New Orleans in 1960.
A key moment in the US civil rights movement came when Ruby Bridges attended school with a police escort.
This book is told with a hint of humor from the vantage point of a first grader, focusing on the wonder rather than the scariness of her first day at school.
Bridges, along with three other Black students at a different school, were the first to integrate what had been all-white schools in New Orleans in 1960.